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G. D. CLAFLIN',-Jr.

y METHOD 0F LAYING RAILWAY TRACK.

lNo. 560,972. Patented May 26, 1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. OLAFLIN, J R., OF TOLEDO, OIIIO, ASSIGNOR TO ANNA J. CLAFLIN, OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OF LAYING RAILWAY-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,972, dated May 26, 1896. Application filed December 30, 1895. Serial No. 573,860. (No model.)

T0 all Vwhom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE D. CLAELIN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents in Methods of Laying Railway- Tracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In the methods which are now commonly employed for laying tracks ish-plates are discarded and the meeting ends of the rails are connected by a rail-joint chair, which embraces the rail below the ball and passes under the base. In some instances these chairs are secured upon one of the ties, and this results in the strongest construction; but it is objectionable for thereason that the ties upon which the chairs rest must set lower than the other ties, upon which the rails rest. To obviate the necessity of setting part of the ties below the others, some roads have adopted the expedient of connecting the rails by means of such chairs between the ties. These chairs have not heretofore been supported when they are placed between the ties, wherefore they are subject to great strain, due to the weights of the cars running on the tracks. Not a few of such chairs are broken, and the ends of the rails are permitted to move out of alinementacondition of affairs which is liable to result in great damage.

The object of my invention is to retain the advantages of both methods above referred to without the attendant disadvantages.

To this end the invention consists in laying the rails upon ties, connecting the meeting ends of the rails between the ties by meansof rail-chairs, and then building up a concrete or suitable support beneathl said rail-chairs, substantially as described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of one of the tracks, and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through both tracks.

Referring to the parts by letters, A A represent rails.

B B represent the ties upon which the rails are supported.

O represents a rail-chair of any suitable construction, which embraces the meeting ends of the rails and has a base portion c, which passes beneath said rails. The rails are laid upon the ties, the tops of which are in the same plane, in such manner that the joint between the rails comes between two ties. After the rails have been connected, secured to the ties, and leveled a support D for therail-chair is built up under it, preferably out of concrete or other cement-like material. The concrete is packed close up under the rail-chair and when it hardens forms an effectual support for said chair.

Having described my invention, I claim--V The described method of laying tracks, which consists in securing the rails upon ties, connecting their meeting ends between the ties by a rail-joint chair, leveling the rails, and then building underneath the said chairs, of concrete or other suitable material, a support for said chairs, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. OLAFLIN, JR.

Vitnesses E. L. THURsToN, L. F. GRIswoLn. 

